Tourais e Lajes United Commune (Portugal)

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União das Freguesias de Tourais e Lajes, Concelho de Seia, Distrito da Guarda

• Tourais e Lajes United Commune
• Presentation of Tourais e Lajes
• Former Tourais Commune (until 2013)
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Tourais
• Former Lajes Commune (until 2013)
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Lajes

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Tourais e Lajes United Commune

The commune has not yet proper symbols or they are unknown.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 5 Aug 2025

Presentation of Tourais e Lajes

Tourais e Lajes is one of the seven communes of Seia Municipality created by a merger during the 2013 changes. It had 1529 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 26,18 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 5 Aug 2025

Former Tourais Commune (until 2013)

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field .
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 5 Aug 2025

Coat of Arms

Shield Argent an orb Azure garnished Or, in chief two maize ears Or leafed Vert, in base a watermill wheel Purple dimidiated. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "TOURAIS - SEIA".
Meaning:
The orb symbolises Jesus Christ as the Divine Saviour, the patron of the catholic parish this commune was derived from.
Source: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 5 Aug 2025

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 28 June 1999
António Martins-Tuválkin, 5 Aug 2025

Presentation of Tourais

Tourais was one of the 15 communes of Seia Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 1140 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 22,16 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 5 Aug 2025

Former Lajes Commune (until 2013)

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field .
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 Aug 2025

Coat of Arms

Shield Vert three roof tiles Or arrayed in fess, in chief a sheep passant Or, in base a kiln Argent masoned Sable and a flame Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "LAJES - SEIA".
Meaning:
The word "lajes" means "rock slab" or "flagstone"; the arms are thus not canting — unless the roof tiles for some reason are semantically related in this case, perhaps via the partial synonym chain composed of: "roof tile" ≅ "shingle" ≅ "slate" ≅ "rock slab".
Source: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 Aug 2025

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 6 December 2001
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 Aug 2025

Presentation of Lajes

Lajes was one of the 15 communes of Seia Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 273 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 4,41 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 Aug 2025

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